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What is the best way to make art feel "creepy"?

>> No.4528955

drawing myself

>> No.4528961

>>4528924
draw ur mom LOLE

>> No.4528966

drawing based

>> No.4528974
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don’t try too hard to be edgy, make things more uncomfortable to look at and create a disturbance in reality with your art. a lot of what makes things creepy is the tainting of innocent things or the idea that there’s something lurking beneath the surface (whether it be physical or psychological) and the fear of the unknown. contrast is important too i think, like in the op pic theres some stereotypically cute elements mixed in to create some contrast. there’s not really a concrete answer with art because your view of creepy could be a lot different from mine. ganbare anon

>> No.4528983

>>4528924
certainly not this. it looks ridiculous rather than creepy. it's pretty hard to convey horror through comics or illustration, since sound is often a key element in horror (not talking about jumpscares here). Junji Ito and the eroguro guys might make stuff that look disgusting but I wouldn't say it's "creepy".

>> No.4529008

diaperfur toddlercon

>> No.4529009
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>>4528924
>OMG IS THAT.... A LITTLE GIRL??!!?
>JESUS CHRIST SHE JUST TILTED HER HEAD!!1!1!1! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH THIS IS FUCKING SCARY!111!!!

>> No.4529016

>>4528924
I hope you forgot to say "pic unrelated"

>> No.4529021

>>4529009
Based scaredy-cat anon

>> No.4529165

>>4528924
Leave things vague, mystery is one of the best ways to capture an unsettling feeling. Keep your drawings on the looser side. Try not to go too overboard in making things weird or grotesque, it's more effective to be subtle.

>> No.4529199

>>4529009
>OMG DID SHE JUST SMILE?
>IM LITERALLY CUMMING AND SHIDDING AND FARDING PLEASE HELP

>> No.4529311
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>>4528924
is about the unknown

someone have the paint with the child checking into a dark room

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>>4528924
making it uncanny is one way.

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>>4528924
I dunno, just draw lol

>> No.4530026

>>4528924
Teeth. Lots of teeth.

>> No.4530324

>>4528924
thats hot as fuck i wanna coom on her face

>> No.4530354
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>>4528924
imply mental illness in your methodology. chicken scratch like a schizo, meticulous masochistic patterns like a person who suffers from acute OCD, dirty and messy/unkempt like a person in deep
depression or psychosis.Throw in some symbolism, make it seem like your permanently a child due to some traumatic event or memory that haunts you. draw your hallucinations, good or bad, non-sequitur, etc.

or you can go the bad trip/nightmare/macabre route and just make everything grotesque. do photo studies of medical conditions and injuries. pus, hair, vomit, blood, excrement, cysts etc. Work at night and if you naturally get creeped out try to trigger your reptilian brain and make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. Play around with mixing the unpleasant in all its forms; gross, bleak, depressing, stressful, painful, uncomfortable, etc.

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>>4530324
based and cunny-pilled

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>>4528924
watch this documentary
https://youtu.be/-J_hU-ZLhlw?t=956
one of the best episodes imo

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>>4528924
"The Kubrick Stare" is one of director Stanley Kubrick's most recognizable directorial techniques. A method of shot composition where a character stares at the camera with a forward tilt, to convey to the audience that they are at the peak of their derangement

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>> No.4530559
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>> No.4530657

Don't write caption

>> No.4531760

>>4530557
>>4530573
>>4530559
Fucking hell that's creepy

>> No.4531766

>>4530559
>>4530557
One thing I immediately noticed is that these are lit by unnatural, cold white lightsources as opposed to warm roomy ones.

>> No.4531767

>>4531766
ok?

>> No.4531773

>>4531767
why, cold light sources of course :)

hahah! :D

it's coooold whiiiiiiite light sources! :) hahah

ITT: What is the best way to make art feel "creepy"? - my answer is, of course, unnatural, cold white lightsources as opposed to warm roomy ones :D

hahaha!

>> No.4531809

>>4531773
what a feminine response.

>> No.4532305

Could I get a scary prompt?

>> No.4532315

>>4531766
>>4531767
>>4531773
>>4531809
the fuck is this whole exchange

>> No.4532528
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I think it's all in the expression. Anime is never scary because most of it has big eyes and big eyes by default just aren't scary. That's why the Grudge is 0% scary, they made her eyes even bigger than they already are on the actress with makeup, made her all kawaii and shit. I think I made it a little bit more creepy with that said

>> No.4532539

>>4532315
a retard saying shit and then sperging out when confronted with the fact that the shit said was retarded and so the one who called out the shitty retard's shitty post for being retarded called the retard and his post shitty.

>> No.4532547
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>>4529009
kek

>> No.4532566

>>4528924
Check out how other horror artists do it like Junji Ito, Bernie Wrightson, Wayne Barlowe, etc and study their art to better understand it. That’s how I taught myself atleast.

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>>4532528
I actually like the original more, it was already pretty stereotypical but what made the original one better was the vacant gaze

>> No.4532591

>>4532566
Junji Ito’s work is interesting and well made but I would hardly call it creepy. Same with Bernie. They’re horrific but nothing that’ll make your spine tingle and keep you up all night.
Barlowe is great though. His work is very uncanny but fantastical at the same time.

>> No.4532611

>>4532591
Good point. The reason I chose those three had to though with how they influenced me personally and their work comes into mind when someone mentions horror. Steve Bissette, Gou Tanabe, or Richard Corben would’ve also been mentioned, their stuff is fucking great. Especially Richard’s work on Hellboy and Heavy Metal.

>> No.4533011

>>4532584
Yeah the blank eyes does look better then the edit.

>> No.4533015

>>4530573
They’re in the walls, anon

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>>4528924
I guess just don't try too hard.
Make something kinda uncanny and uncomfortable. Your example wasn't creepy, if you want creepy look at >>4528974 or >>4530573

>> No.4533130
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1. The presence of holes, windows, open doors behind which darkness.

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2. 2. The composition of the picture is such that the viewer has a feeling that he is being watched.

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3. Or inverted - he is spying on someone.

>> No.4533142

4. High contrast or foginess.

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>>4533142

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5. Long corridors with many windows or doors, alleys.

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6. If there is a person in the picture, he must either scare or look fragile and unprotected.

>> No.4533151
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4533151

Apparently being Polish is a good start.

>> No.4533164

>>4533151
based belinski

>> No.4533172

>>4533151
I like this dude but jesus fuck I wish he put titles on his art

>> No.4533246

>>4533151
Being Polish basically means being mentally scarred.

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>>4533151
Jan Lebenstein did some creepy art too

>> No.4533261

Use the loomis approach for everything and overdo it with the gesture lines aka me so creative genius tihiii :)

>> No.4533264

>>4533261
Creepy not crappy

>> No.4533855

>>4530557
that the one

>> No.4534436

>>4533151
no nie wiem stary, nie czuję tego jakoś

>> No.4534861

>>4533151
or just being slav in general
that applies to preety much everything from vidya to books and anything inbetween

>> No.4535634

>>4534861
Hey. As a slav i'm offended and... flattered.

>> No.4535890

>>4533261
Good idea.

>> No.4535892

>>4535634
Hey, be proud that your culture can create alot of creepy shit.

>> No.4535939

>>4535892
I'd rather it's not... I wanna live not worrying about a next day, but it's impossible here.

>> No.4536108

>>4535939
>>4535892
>>4535890
>>4535634
>>4534861
>>4534436
>>4533855
>>4533264
>>4533261
>>4533246
awesome unfunny off topic discussion that contributes nothing of value my fellow ifunny memers ;-)

>> No.4536144

>>4536108
t. slav

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>>4529311
>>4530557
>>4530559
>>4530573
>is about the unknown
It's about threat. It has to give the impression that if you look away, it will jump you.

>> No.4536627

>>4536621
... I was going to post another image after this but it turns out The Old Man in the Lake scares me bad, and I don't want to!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Lake
And it really shouldn't, it's just an old log that floats vertically in a lake. It's something about how it's barely visible going down, it conveys the depth far too well.
The wikipedia article is mostly fine, but image search gives bad thalassophobia.